Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Empalement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Empalement \Em*pale"ment\, n. [Cf. F. empalement, fr. empaler.
See {Empale}.] [Written also {impalement}.]
1. A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.
2. A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through
the body.
3. (Her.) Same as {Impalement}.
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